Testament 53: Obscured Fusion

Simone was now seated on a marble-plated couch, enjoying a fine glass of wine, as was her custom. "It tastes even better underwater." She appeared to be inside a lounge, surrounded by darkened structures and pillars. But there was also technology present, apparent due to the message that SIM gave her over a hidden intercom. "Lady Creed, a report." Its cold voice echoed throughout the deepsea site. "What is it?" She asked as a video screen presented itself to her. "Secondary track unit was launched at 0247 AM. Four unauthorized occupants inside. Unit stopped movement at 0310 AM, measuring unusual high mana ratings." Simone was not surprised to hear that. "The kids tried to follow huh. Feh, they will come to late now. Any idea why they stopped the train?" The computer could not compute an answer, all it knew was that it was stopped from the inside. "Oh well, lets wait and see. Flooding the tunnel sounds like fun, but it would take to long for it to drain again, and I do not want to be stuck here."

Nero's LP: 8000 Jacobs LP: 8000

The two duelists begun their game, each drew the same cards. (Super Fusion, Wildheart, Sparkman, Graceful Charity and Hero Signal). "But if we have the same deck, you can not use Exodia in this duel." He smiled "Like I would need it against little Nero. And since you asked so nicely, you go first." Nero drew a sixth card: Elemental Hero Burstinatrix. "I set a monster card, and place two trap cards, end turn." Jacob of course knew what those cards were. "Ehehe, draw." He even used the same moves as him. "Set two trap cards, and summon E-hero Wildheart in attack mode(1500/1600)" He ended his turn. "I know your facedown, little Nero, you placed Wildheart, whose defense is greater then my offense right now." As far as Nero knew, Jacob had the same traps placed down, but he was not sure if he had been lying again. "Affraid already?"

"Shut up." He was going to attack after all. He drew a card from his hand (Spark Blaster) "First I normal summon E-hero Burstinatrix (1200/800) Then I flip Wildheart (1500/1600). Mine attacks yours!" The two wild men charged at each other and slaughtered themselves. "Then I activate my trap Hero Signal!" He yelled, and not much to his surprise, played the same card. Though he yelled the exact same thing at first. "I use Hero Signal to special summon E-hero Avian(1000/1000), what about you?" Nero nodded and did the same thing(1000/1000), both were called in defense mode. "I attack yours with the Burst Lady!" But then, his second card was activated. "Super Fusion!" He discarded a Sparkman from his hand. "Eeheh, remember? My version of Superfusion can summon even Evil Heroes! In this realm, my power overrules fusion!" He took Nero's Burstinatrix and merged with his own Avian, to call out Evil Hero Inferno Wing(2100/1200). "Snap, I can not chain to Super Fusion.." He had no choice but to end his turn.

"My turn?" He drew Evil Hero Infernal Gainer. "Now I realize, since I activated Hero signal before my seventh card, our decks were shuffled in a different way. From here on in, our hands will be different. Lets make it definite I play Graceful Charity!" He drew three new cards (Malicious Edge, Polymerization and Dark Calling). "I discard these two from my hand: Polymerization and Infernal Gainer." Next he normal summoned to the field, E-hero Burstinatrix(1200/800). "Now then, Inferno Wing inflicts piercing damage and burning damage. So eheheh, here I come!" Yet this time Nero was amused. "Hey, you did not forget my other facedown did you, you must know what it is." He flipped it. "I use Super Fusion as well! To combine your Burst lady with my Avian." He discarded his own Sparkman for the spell, and united the opposing heroes into Elemental Hero Flame Wing (2100/1200) "How interesting, good VS evil hits a new high!" He cracked his knuckles. "But I let you make that move, suicide has always been one of my favorites!"

He attacked, and both Winged warriors consumed each other in hellfire and magnificant flames. Since neither was on the field when the massacre resolved, their burning effects could not activate. "You see I expected that you would use Super Fusion. Its the card I granted you after all. If I had not crushed Rose, you would still be stuck with cards like Edge Hammer." That touched a nerve with Nero, since it was Edge Hammer that cost him the duel with the judge. And because of that, Jacob had to come out and mindwipe Pulse, just so he could enter the tournament after all. "You know, I am beginning to believe that it was your fault to begin with." He drew again, and activated Graceful Charity. "Eh?" He blinked. "If you had control over me on that day, whats to stop me from assuming that you planted Edge Hammer back into my deck?" This would imply that Jacob wanted Nero to lose, just so he could come out and make up for the loss. Nero drew thrice and discarded Spark Blaster/H-Heated Heart from his hand.

"Now thats childish, Nero. You can only blame yourself for.." Yet then he played the spell card Miracle Fusion, combining Sparkman and Flame Wing in the cemetery to form E-hero Shining Flare Wingman (2500/2100), then he shut up. "Thats just the thing, you are me, thats what you said." Flare Wing powered itself up with 300 for his other fallen E-heroes. (Wild/Avian/Burst = + 900 atk) and attacked (3400/2100) Jacob directly. "Aren't we brilliant?" He grunted as he received the blindening and fiery hit. "Two can play those games. All you failures, go along with my victories." He placed a trap facedown.

Jacobs LP: 4600

"Dark Calling" Jacob removed Inferno Wing and Sparkman in his graveyard from play. "I counter your flare warrior, with my demonic flame. Unholy Flare Wing!" He called out the black armored female counterpart(2500/2100) to the Shining warrior. "Of course it is superior to yours in every way, because it gets the same powers...for all heroes, even evil ones. And also, it inflicts piercing damage, so defending will not help you, little Nero." Since Infernal Gainer was in his grave, his was slightly stronger (3700/2100). "Let this be a testament to your weakness, little Nero. Your cards, your will, they are all below me, overshadowed by me!" The Unholy warrior used black flames to immolate his benevolent counterpart, and inflicting effect damage equal to her victims offense. "I will never return to the darkness. Dig yourself out of this hole, nothing can surpass my Unholy warrior in strength!"

Nero's LP: 4300

Evil Hero Unholy Flare Wing, 8/2500/2100 Dark/Fiend/Fusion
Elemental Hero Inferno Wing + Elemental Hero Sparkman
This card cannot be special summoned except by the effect of 'Dark Fusion'. This card gains 300 ATK for each 'Hero' card in your Graveyard, and inflicts piercing damage. When this card destroys a monster as a result of battle and sends it to the graveyard, inflict damage to your opponent equal to the ATK or DEF of the destroyed monster.

"Uhnn." Back in the train, a soft moan alerted Colin to the fact that Cleo was coming by again. But his tensed nerves kept him from moving. "What the, what happened? Why is the train half-missing?" She got up, and just then she saw her, Ananka. "And whats wrong with her?" She asked with half-annoyed, half-worried tone. "She is...gone." Colin sighed. "Jacob did that, gave her a penalty game, and her heart did not last through it." The goth gasped. "What? Thats not possible!" She shouted and looked at the body again. "Is it?" Alarm was quickly replaced with outrage."Where is he, where is that bastard!" She apparently was not aware that it was her body who gave the Penalty, not that she was to blame for that. "Its too late for that, Nero is facing him right now!" Colin yelled back, trying to get a grip on the situation. "Ananka's dead, and we can do nothing about that. We should let Nero deal with his demons, we need to deal with ours." It would take 30 minutes now. "Ggh, damn it. If he fails to destroy that guy, I will kill him!"

The mental duel continued, and the halfway point had already been reached. Nero drew his card. "That is true, but..even a Dark Fusion is a fused monster card." He summoned E-hero Stratos (1800/400), using its effect to add E-hero Captain Gold to his hand. "And I know at heart, the weakness of a fused being. Spell card: De-fusion!" Jacoc stopped grinning, as his Flame demon was separated and sent back to the fusion deck. "Is that your game?" De-fusion could only revive the fusion materials if they were in the spell card controllers graveyard, Jacobs grave was not Nero's. "Indeed!" He attacked with Stratos, charging the villainous spirit with sharp winds. "Heh, you can play dirty after all." He snickered. "Do you deserve any better?" He asked as he ended his turn.

Jacobs LP: 2800

"I suppose not." He drew a card and his lips curled into a vicious smile again. "Of course, you still can not beat me. Elemental Heroes are like ants compared to their evil counterparts. You would know that too, since they crushed their opponents each and every time." He special summoned from his hand, Evil Hero Infernal Prodigy(300/600), which was allowed because he had no monster cards on his field. "Just look at this one, Malicious Edge. Why would you use 'Bladedge' when you can use this?" Malicious could be tribute summoned (2600/1800) with only one tribute, which was the Prodigy. This also allowed Jacob to draw a card. "If Evil Heroes are so invincible, why did Jackson beat you?" The kid replied with a smirk. "Pfeh, he had to use his own souls to vanquish me. Meanwhile you have no link with your cards, do you? Would you even flinch if I slaughtered this monster right in front of you?" Malicious Edge stretched out his left hand, and fired spike knuckles from it. They impaled the aerial Hero, sending him to the grave, screaming.

Nero's LP: 3500

"You hear those cries? Its weeping for his masters weakness, eheheh." He ended his turn. "You can not continue these lies, Jacob. Whatever I see here is likely a product of your shadowgame, I will not be distracted again. I activate E-hero Emergency Call!" He added E-hero Vice Captain Silver to his hand. "Here I come! Polymerization!" He tried to activate the fusion spell, unfortunately that was just the card that the fiend was waiting for. "Polymerizing? I dont think so! Continuous Trap: Within Fusions Shadow!" Suddenly, the field beneath them turned into a crimson grid. "What is happe..ning?" His spell melted right between his hands, like blood it dripped to the floor. "Its simple, Nero, fusion is no longer allowed." The drops flowed to his side, into his hand. There they took a solid shape, the spell card: Dark Fusion. "Every time you try to use a card that fuses monsters, it will be converted into a Dark Fusion spell card, for my side." He cackled. "Dont look so upset though, you can draw a card every time this happens."

Within fusions shadow, Continuous Trap
As long as this card is face-up on the field, when your opponent activates a spell or trap card, which effect includes fusion summoning from the fusion deck, negate the cards activation and effect and destroy it. Afterwards you can add 1 'Dark Fusion' from your deck or graveyard to your hand, and your opponent can draw one card from his/her deck.

The card he drew was O-Oversoul "So that means, only Dark Fusion is allowed in here?" That was not good, he could not beat Malicious Edge without fusion. "Damn it, then I set a monster card and end my turn." Jacobs smile grew even wider. "You are right, this is the realm of darkness. This place does not accept your inferior cards. And now its time for you to face one of my strongest devils, one that even Doe feared...Dark Fusion!" He activated his selfclaimed spell, to fuse Malicious Edge on his field with a highlevel fiend, another Malicious Edge. "Malicious Devil (3500/2100) ascends from hell to cut out your weak heart. Die little Nero die!" The winged demon flew into the air and dived straight into Nero's facedown Captain Gold (2100/800), slashing the hero to ribbons. "I am not..done yet.." He groaned. "You might as well be, without fusion you could not even match my Edge demon. Dont even think about attacking the Devil." He placed a trap card facedown and ended his turn. "But if you want more pain, try anyway.."

"I promised to rid the world of your malice, and I shall." He discarded the Silver hero from his hand, to add Skyscraper 2 to his hand. Immediately afterwards, he activated the field. "Skyscraper 2, the Hero City. I can revive one elemental hero per turn." He selected Stratos in defense mode (1800/400) of course, and uses his effect to add E-hero Bubbleman to his hand. "There is more!" He also played the spell Oversoul, to revive Burstinatrix from his grave to the field (1200/800) in defense position. "I will destroy both your cards at the same time." Finally he played R-Righteous Justice, to destroy as many spells and traps as there were E-heroes on the field. "There are two heroes on my field, so I destroy your set card and 'Within Fusisons Shadow'." Yet this triggered a counter trap. "That desperate for fusions huh?" It was Dark Bribe, which negated a spell or trap, at the cost of giving the opponent a free draw. "No!" His spell faltered, and Jacobs continuous trap remained. "There is no hope for you here, nobody will protect you anymore."

Cursing, he drew his card, and ended his turn. Malicious Devil massacred the defending Stratos with ease. "Now then, I must ensure that you dont get any ideas. I will drain some of your time." He played a field spell, replacing Skyscraper 2 as the active field. Instead there came tall and decayed skyscrapers, smoke stacks and broken cars. "Vice City. This card makes all my Evil heroes immune to targeting effects. And here is the catch for you. You can not hide from battle anymore." Nero wondered what he meant, but then he found out when in his turn, he could not skip his battle phase. "Oh no." Burstinatrix was forced into the phase by Vice City and compelled to do battle with the Malice demon, because of his own ability. "Oh yes." The brainwashed Fire warrior fired a flame bolt at the devil, which was easily punched back. She disappeared in her own blaze, and he lost 2300 lifepoints. "Do you still think that you can win this, little Nero? Is your promise that much stronger then your fear?" He cackled madly.

Nero's LP: 1200

Vice City, Field Spell
As long as this card is on the field, all 'evil hero' monster cards are unaffected by effects that target. As long as this card is on the field, both players must enter their battle phase during their turn.

But Nero looked at a card in his hand, placed it facedown and smiled. "Yes... yes it is. Jacob, I will step up my game now...its time for something new."

(To be continued in Testament 054: Beyond the Looking Glass)

New Cards used by Jacob Nero
Evil Hero Unholy Flare Wing

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Vice City

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Within Fusions Shadow
Dark Bribe